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ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY Review: Scott Adkins Delivers One of the Best Action Films of 2022 with Hard-Hitting Aplomb!

Set after the events of the first Accident Man film, Accident Man – Hitman’s Holiday continues the story of Mike Fallon (Scott Adkins, who looks like he’s having the time of his life). After defeating the people that had betrayed him and killed his ex-girlfriend, he is in comfortable exile in Malta (the country that does NOT make Maltesers). He still does the odd hit on the side for monetary gain and has a drink at the bar every now and again. But at the end of the day, no matter how much he does not want to admit it, he is all by his lonesome. Well, except his baggage of guilt in which he tries to expiate himself of it thanks to the help of the enthusiastically angry Wong Siu-ling (an entertainingly ferocious Sarah Chang), who he hires to attack him as punishment. Things start to look up when […]

Fantastic Fest XVII Review: HUNT, A propulsive, explosive action-packed directorial debut from SQUID GAME star Lee Jung-jae!

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Published September 27, 2022: Set in the ‘80s, Hunt takes place during the disruption of an assassination attempt on the president. Two South Korean agents (Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung) from different departments are tasked to uncover a North Korean spy within their agency; who threatens to reveal top secret intel. But things escalate when the intel is revealed; leading the two agents to investigate each other. An action-packed directorial debut from renowned actor Lee Jung-jae; Lee takes on multiple duties (director, co-writer, producer and lead actor) to deliver a professionally mounted (many of the crew have worked on numerous Park Chan-wook productions) political thriller that leaves no room for subtlety, nuance or even levity. Entertainment is the name of the game and Lee delivers with tons of frenetic shoot-outs (with striking sound design that makes the gunfire stand out), numerous plot twists and many dramatic mano-a-mano stare-offs between lead […]

GOODNIGHT MOMMY Trailer: Naomi Watts Makes a Return to Horror With the Remake of the 2014 Austrian Film

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Talented Aussie actress Naomi Watts has had a mixed bag of films under her belt lately. With her ventures into genre fare like Boss Level and The Desperate Hour to indie fare like This Is the Night and Luce; the projects have received mixed reactions with the exceptions of the acclaimed drama Luce and the idiosyncratic TV series Twin Peaks – The Return. In the case of her latest film, Watts returns to the role of the scream queen after making her big impressions with films like The Ring and Mulholland Drive. Ostensibly a strict remake of the Austrian film of the same name by directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, Goodnight Mommy features Watts playing the titular role who arrives home to her intrepid twin sons (Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti) after a major cosmetic operation. However, the twins have a suspicion that something is not quite right with their […]